All About Export
A history of South Korea's tough anti-gambling laws and why devs are looking to crack overseas markets
Byung Hyuk Kim shares a legal history of social casino in South Korea
Don't Read This Article
How Seriously won YouTube Ad of the Year with 'Don't Download Best Fiends' campaign
Philip Hickey talks creative marketing
Home Grown
Why Nintendo has taken a Japan-first approach with Fire Emblem Heroes
Aiming for success in the highest ARPU market in the world
Most Read
Nordeus soft-launches Spellsouls, Twitch says "don't make a mobile eSports game", and Outfit7 is sold for $1 billion
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Ludicious 2017
Discover how to Kickstart an indie game at the Zurich Game Festival this week
Friday afternoon at Ludicious 2017 features multiple case studies from the crowdfunding world
Right People, Right Job
Rovio on games performance management and career models
VP of HR Marjo Kuosmanen breaks it down
Pgc Lessons
5 things we learned at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
The key trends discussed at Europe's biggest mobile business event
Smoking Phone
Samsung to officially blame exploding Galaxy Note 7s on irregularly sized batteries
Report to go out on January 23rd
Money To Burn
Chinese chemical firm acquires Talking Tom developer Outfit7 for €1 billion
Developer put up for sale in late 2016
South Korea Vr
YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund
Hopes to expand further into AR and VR
Game Design Contest
Why you should consider entering the Defold GDC Competition 2017
King Evangelist Oleg Pridiuk offers up the details
Hi-rez Interview
Hi-Rez talks its biggest mobile game yet in SMITE Rivals, eSports and building a community
We chat to the game's Lead Designer Brian Grayson
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: MobilityWare's Yelena Grant on how to get a job as a Product Marketing Manager
MobilityWare's Marketing pro shares career insights
Indie Pitch Winners
Mona Lisa steals the show at the Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2017
Link Twin takes second as Starbeard comes third
Fig Funding
Crowdfunding platform Fig raises $7.84 million to boost number of campaigns
Funding platform gets additional funding
Gumi Euvr Partnership
Gumi partners with EUVR to bring VR investment to European developers
Spreading the wealth
Indian Mavens
Predicting the Indian games industry trends of 2017
Can it beat 2016?
Grow Your Game
How Pixonic grew revenues for Walking War Robots from $0 to $1 million a month
Philipp Gladkov talks confidence and analytics
Not Quite A Billion
Pokemon GO generated $950 million in revenue in 2016
More than global sales for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
All Winners Here
Google Play Indie Games Contest reveals 20 finalists for European competition
Overall winner to be decided on February 16th
30 Million Brains
MAG Interactive's WordBrain surpasses 30 million downloads
Sees one million players on its first Facebook Instant Game
Tapjoy Consumer Survey
Two-thirds of mobile game players don't see themselves as gamers
Tapjoy finds out what mobile gamers think of themselves
Facebook Ad Spends
Mobile video ad spend on Facebook reached a record high in Q4 2016
Nanigans digs into the details
Rapid Revolution
Netmarble's Lineage 2: Revolution surpasses $176 million in revenues in its first month
Only launched in South Korea
Making Manticore
Flying into new territory: the making of Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore
Behind the scenes with Deep Silver Fishlabs Head of Studio Michael Krach
Get Hired
How to get a job at Montreal mobile games studio Ludia
HR Director Kim Parkinson shares insights
Fire Emblem Heroes
Fire Emblem Heroes reveal shows Nintendo is going fully free-to-play
Gacha and key art implies Super Mario Run's model has been ditched
Indie Mavens
How do indies feel about the Nintendo Switch following its official reveal?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Mighty Interesting
Ubisoft may be bringing back PC RPG The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot for mobile
App Annie listing suggests it's close to release
Fantasy Football
Nordeus swaps football for fantasy MOBA/CCG with soft-launched Spellsouls: Duel of Legend
Not even in the same ballpark
Acquisition News
Microsoft snaps up 3D optimisation tool Simplygon
Firm aims to make tech more accessible for studios
Start Your Engines
Gameloft pits itself against CSR Racing with recently soft-launched Asphalt Street Storm Racing
Drag racing is the new black
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Madfinger's Michael Boylan on how to get a job as a character artist
The man behind Madfinger's characters shares career insights
Flying High
AppsFlyer raises $56 million for better mobile marketing data and AI-driven insights
global marketing spend to breach $1 trillion in 2017
Job Hire
Unity swoops for ex-Bungie staffer as new Director of Global Graphics
Natalya Tatarchuk responsible for driving forward rendering tech and graphics performance
Cultivating Culture
“The word culture can be dangerous for a company”
The Grow Your Talent panel discusses culture and talent pools
Laying Down The Law
Game development law 101
Russells Solicitors' Marine Cabour on the basics
Worth It?
Is it even worth being a mobile games indie in 2017?
Oscar Clark asks some indies
Metagame Over Gameplay
Why PlayRaven is ditching second-to-second gameplay in favour of rich metagame
CEO Lasse Seppanen on Winterstate and Spymaster
Future Of Vr
What will happen to mobile VR in 2017?
Dave Ranyard has a few thoughts
Games > Toys
"Toys-to-life is on the way out" says Beasts of Balance developer Sensible Object
Alex Fleetwood suggests "smart toys" are the future
Going Casual
Casual games developers discuss the difficulties of shipping casual mobile games
Martine Spaans leads the chat
Grab The Prize
eSports is not just for the big boys, says Gumbler
VP and Head of Pro Gaming Simon Sunden explains at PG Connects London
Getting Paid
The keys to surviving as a mobile indie game developer
Sean Megaw talks funding and work for hire
Supercell Suggestions
What can indie developers learn from Supercell and Pixar?
Company culture and feedback, says Ulas Bilgenoglu
Grow Your Biz
Paladin Studios on how to develop your business as an indie developer
Kay Gruenwoldt explores the different steps
Carved In Stone
Six mobile game development commandments
The Secret Police CEO Harry Holmwood gives his top tips
Trusting Ip
What value can a big IP actually bring to your mobile game?
Brand experts have a chat
Always Hustle
Lucky Kat Studios offers 4 tips for becoming a profitable indie
Be nice and be unique
Thanks Brexit
UK App Store prices to jump 25% due to slumping value of the Pound
Turkey and India see price increases too